PM600

The following Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) are designed to serve as points of reference for the skills the students can expect to acquire or enhance by successful completion of this course.
A. Given a proposed project for which you are to be the project manager, prepare a preliminary plan for your manager or peers that is suitable for making initial decisions concerning bid and proposal preparation.
B. Given the proposed project with incomplete information, gather additional information or develop reasonable and logically consistent assumptions and situations necessary for creating a project plan and executing the project work.
C. Given the proposed project, prepare a proposal to gain approval from the prospective internal or external customer to proceed with the project work.
D. Given that approval has been gained to proceed with the project, establish key project execution, control, and closing processes to manage work activities and to report progress to stakeholders and the project owner.
E. Given an unexpected event that threatens the progress of the project underway, develop and implement an updated project plan with revised cost estimates and schedule to move the project toward completion.
F. Given a project underway and a change in project scope or additional multi-project work that is assigned, develop an updated project plan with revised cost, schedule, and work approach to reflect the scope change, or create a plan for the additional multi-project work.
G. Given a project underway and with the unexpected event and request for added work having occurred, prepare an updated working plan that will be submitted as a written document and presented orally to an independent auditor who will audit the adequacy of the project's management.

Major deliverables are due at the onsite meeting in the week indicated:

• Preliminary Plan is due at Week 3 onsite meeting.
• Proposal is due at Week 5 onsite meeting.
• Working Plan Report and Presentation are due at Week 8 onsite meeting.

WK	TCOs	TOPICS	READING	ASSIGNMENTS
1	ALL	Course Organizing Principles Establish your team Select your Capstone Class Project Preliminary Plan, Proposal and Working Plan Requirements	Instructor Notes Syllabus Preliminary Plan, Proposal and Working Plan Requirements in Document Sharing Hamper & Baugh, Chapter 1, 2 & 3 - OR - Freed, Freed, & Romano, Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 4	Introduce yourself in the Online Discussion area Graded Online Discussion on proposal preparation Post your Capstone project selection in the Online Discussion area For Option 2, submit a description of the proposed project
2	A,B	Preliminary Plan Pre-proposal Marketing and Business Processes Capstone preliminary plan presentation and guidelines Why some project fail and Why some succeed? Part 2 (Late arriving requirements) for the Keller Capstone Projects	Keller Capstone Projects Part 2 Instructor Notes Guidelines for Developing Project Information Hamper & Baugh, Chapter 4 - OR - Freed, Freed & Romano, Chapters 5 & 6 In Webliography: The Standish Group, CHAOS & Unfinished Voyages	Graded Online Discussion on dealing with lack of information
3	A,B	Preliminary Plan, Proposal Planning Complete the Preliminary Plan What you want to achieve with the Proposal Technical Proposal Section	Instructor Notes Hamper & Baugh, Chapters 5 & 7 - OR - Freed, Freed & Romano Chapters 8 & 9	Present Preliminary Plan to your management Graded Online Discussion on project management best practices
4	B,C	Management and Cost Proposal The Management Proposal Section The Cost Proposal Section Gaining acceptance of your project approach and securing the project work	Instructor Notes Hamper & Baugh, Chapter 6 - OR - Freed, Freed & Romano, Chapters 11, 12 & 13	Graded Online Discussion on identifying weaknesses in project plans
5	C	Complete Project Proposal Preparation of the Project Proposal	Instructor Notes Hamper & Baugh, Chapter 5, Appendix A - OR - Freed, Freed & Romano, Chapter 14	Written Capstone Project Proposal for your customer Graded Online Discussion on TCO-related Web sites Note Special Requirement: The written proposal is to be a paper document in appropriate binder, in addition to electronic delivery.
6	D,E, F	Tracking Progress and Quality Implement your project proposal plan Select and apply the appropriate functional plans and procedures to monitor, control and report progress to internal and external client groups Given a set of unexpected events that affect project resources or customer requirement for a project in progress, develop and implement recover plans with revised cost and time estimates. Given a project in progress, develop a plan for an additional project	Instructor Notes Working Plan Report and Presentation Requirements Guidelines for Selecting Functional Plans and Procedures	Graded Online Discussion on important aspects of monitoring projects Select functional plan and procedure For Keller Projects, select one of the Part 3, Unexpected Events & Additional Project For Option 2, submit a one- page description of an Unexpected Event and New Task
7	D,E, F,G	Execution Phase Management Select and apply the appropriate functional plans and procedures to monitor, control and report progress to internal and external client groups Given a set of unexpected events that affect project resources or customer requirement for a project in progress, develop and implement recover plans with revised cost and time estimates Given a project in progress, develop plans for an additional project Start Drafting your Working Plan Report and presentation	Instructor Notes	Graded Online Discussion on unexpected events and added work
8	G	Project Working Plan for Independent Auditor Complete your Working Plan Report and Presentation	Reading - None	Graded Online Discussion on presentation considerations Working Plan Report and Presentation (Note: In addition to submitting the written plan to your instructor, KGSM also requires an electronic file of Your Week 8 report, which can be supplied on a CD or standard 3.5" floppy disks.)